Relevant IRS Publications: Publication 502 and Publication 554. We hope this was helpful. If you have any questions or if you know of a senior that could benefit from our vast array of home care services, please call us at 212-614-8057 or email us at manhattan@homeinstead.com.
This content was last reviewed August 2015. Diabetes mellitus, more commonly referred to as diabetes, is a condition that causes blood sugar to rise to dangerous levels: a fasting blood glucose of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more.his content was last reviewed August 2015. Diabetes mellitus, more commonly referred to as diabetes, is a condition that causes blood sugar to rise to dangerous levels: a fasting blood glucose of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more.
You can check with your doctor if you have prediabetes, which is a fasting glucose level of 100-125 mg/dL. Being prediabetic is a serious game changer since it is much easier to prevent diabetes than to reverse it and the prediabetic point is the last chance one has to make significant lifestyle changes.